hypothetical quilt patterns

I've been in such a quilting head space lately, that everywhere I look I see potential quilts. I'll show you what I mean.

This is the garden next to the church that we could see from the apartment we stayed in over the weekend in Toronto. Look at all the good quilt potential there. Arial views are the best for this. 

Also, I can hardly pass a nice brick wall these days without taking a picture. Aren't there beautiful colours here? So subtle and nicely random. 

This wall is much more rigid and rectilinear in its layout, but it would make an awesome modernist quilt. I'm not sure how I'd work in the subtle graffiti markings, but it'd be a shame to leave them out. 

And just look at these beautiful stacks of paperbacks:
I love these colours, and I love the sort of higgledy-piggledy way they are arranged. Makes me think of a coin stack quilt, but wonkier. 

Here's some more. 

Maroons and yellows and creams and turquoise; I've got to design a quilt like that. If only I could get by without sleeping - think of all the quilting I could get done! That's how Martha Stewart does it apparently. I read somewhere that she only needs, like, three hours of sleep a night. No wonder she has time to organize her gift wrap and iron her super-high thread count sheets, plus also run a huge company. But sadly, I'm not a very pleasant person to be around if I don't get a good solid seven hours. Ah well, if these quilt ideas are important enough I'll find time for them someday. In the meantime, just having the ideas is fun.  

Comments

[Zonnah]

That first one would be awesome as a quilt. You should do it :)

[Amanda]

LOVE the church garden as a quilt. Definitely.

And make sure you renew your passports within a year - you have a year after the expiry to renew without going through the whole long application process. (Still a form to fill out, but not nearly as long.)

[finger thumb]

good tip Amanda, you've just given me the extra kick in the butt that I need to go ahead and renew them. Now I just need to find a little extra time for quilting.